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insulative

insulative adjective: serving to insulate.

Adjective

insulative (comparative more insulative, superlative most insulative)

  1. Serving to insulate.
    • Housed resistors have their wire- wound cores embedded in an insulative material which is enclosed within the housing.1973, The United States Patents Quarterly - Volume 178, page 267
    • The charge, that is applied and results in the measured voltage, may or may not pass through the insulative layer to the metallized film.1995, Electrical Overstress Electrostatic Discharge Symposium, Proceedings: 1995, →ISBN

Forms of insulative

comparativemore insulative
superlativemost insulative

Origin of insulative

From insulate + -ive.

Questions about insulative

What does insulative mean?
Insulative means serving to insulate.
What part of speech is insulative?
Insulative is an adjective.

Words near insulative in the dictionary

  1. insulation
  2. insulationism
  3. insulationist
  4. insulationists
  5. insulations
  6. insulative
  7. insulator
  8. insulators
  9. insulatory
  10. insulin
  11. insulin analogue

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